Brake ratchet mechanism.



W., J. KNOX @L ie. Jv. HARRISON.

BRAKE RATCHET MCHANISM. AlLlCATION FILED APRA?, 1914.

.Patented Nov. 10,1914.

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W. J'. KNOX @L P. J'. HARRISON. mmm; RATGHET MEGHANISM. APPLIGAMONTILED APRA?, 1914l 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

"W, KNGX 5L E. L HARRSON.

BRAKE RATCHET MBGHAMSM.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17, 1914. L l 1 TW @u Fatented Nov. 10, 1914i..

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' ltignplicetion meel April, il, lm-ft.

, Hemert. lttrttonted Noto. tllc..

5, ell Iw/lom it' may concern lilo it known that we, llvlinnnmr el'. livoiz sind Fnnnelnon d. l'lAinueoN., hoth citizens of the United lrtetee9 residing; et Debole, inY

the county of Clearlleld end State el? Penn Sylvania, have invented I certain nen1 ond 'useful Imprim-'emerito in .llrnle llloteliet ltlechoniem, of wl 'ch the following is e specification.

The invention relates to broke ratchet ineehfiniem ot the drop handle type in which the raising of the handle Secures the engage ment of the ratchet sind its ievvl or dog, end. the lowering ol? the handle canoes the engagement or the perd. rthe invention hos lor ite primary objects, the provision of e. construction in vvhieli the dogg" or 392ml ie :telly oet before the handle reaches horizon tol, poeition, tvlierehy' e eeenro engagement ot the doe; und ratchet are secured, even though the handle ie not in ite proper operative po eition 'when the flottille; ol' the breite is he gun; the provieion el' i eonstruetion wherein the danger of the handle slipping troni the hond of the operetor eliminated; the pro-- vision ol? a device ol cheep nel simple construction wherein the parte are easily assemhled und diedeee-nlhled; and the provision ot e construction wherein the dogl or @owl ie very securely guided ind support-ed in its operative positions. @ertnin embodiments ott the invention are illustrated in 'the fioeoinponying; droWirigo7 Whereinw lligure l is e. side view et the resembled apparatus applied to o eer, llig. '2 is o. 'front elevation of the apparatus ol' Fig. lU lig. 3 ie on enlarged 'vertical Section through the portion oil the appointee in which our in vention particularly resides. Al is a plein View oi' the apparatus of lig. 3, 5, tl, sind l are plan., sectional, ond side views respectively of the oop, Figs. S. 9, and l0 are plan, sectional and end views of the downr or porvi, Figo. l1 ond l2 :ire pien zindside ele ration views respectively oi the retchet wheel, Figs. 13 :ind jllere side end hice views respectively of the handle, litig. is o ieee View ol a modified t'yjjm o'l' handle, Figo. le and 17 are plan und Sectional views re-v spectively of :i modification, Figs. 18 and ll) are Sectional views of still another inodlico.- tion, the Sectional view' oft l?" 18 being; taken on o, horizontal plone intermediate the tvo. ratchet Wheels, l? 20 is e, vertical eection through the cap oit another 'modified :torni or' eonelruction7 und Fig. 21 ist il. voi-ti `teeth heine; adapted to col section through :t inodiliesition dil-lering; Slightly from that of Fig. 20. i

llellf ring liret to the general arrangement oe shown in llige. l end i?, l is the brake ehttllt eupported in brackets and carrying; :it ite lower end the usual broke drurn 2; 3 le o. holdingl ratchet 'wheel Secured to the braille ehelt end held gelost rotation when the broke is on hy means of the toot-operated pewl Il which muy he of any epproved design; 5 is what may he termed the oep in which theineehenisin in which our invention particularly resides is oorried, and 6 is the operating; drop handle shown in lnil linesJ in inoperative position and dotted linee in ojieretive position.

Referring now to Figs. and 4l which illustrate :i portion oil the apparatus `in which our invention particularly re des, the broke shaft .l io preferohly square in erosie section and carries upon its upper end-o. meting eonsieting of e Socket 7 @ratchet wheel El, and) o Shaft portion 9 'which is in etl'ect o, continuation of the brake shaft l. 'lhe toeliet 'portion 'l' is preferably held in 'position upon the end of the brake sholit ll by ineens of the holt l0. The sholt portion 9 ie preferably provideffl with t circumfen entiol groove 1l, ond the cop 5 is held against vertical movement upon the short 9 by ineens of the transverse rod l2 fitting in the groove ll ond lim/inf; its ends riveted over indieetcd et i3 in llig. fl. ,llotztry motion oit' the cap with respect to the hrztlre shalt ie time admitted, while :it the seine time ell vertical movement is securely lguarded against.

llrtending tronevereely of the oop on one eide or the shalt 9 isthe pivot pin lll, such pivot pin being1 riveted over at its end as in* dicoted ot 'l5 (Fig. fl). Mounted upon the pivot pin l-l ie the dog lf3, euch dog having :it one end the hook portion lr'fL engaging the pivot pin lll, und et the other end heilig pro `vided with the plurality of do\fvn\vardly preinoting, teeth 1.7 (Figs. ll end l0), such )operate with the teeth le 'upon the upper foce of the ratchet whee 8. 'llie dog; is provided with e per-- torotion 1S) It1 El) through 'which the shalt i) posees. 'llie powl or dogl 1G is also provided et its right hond end with o, projefiftion which tite into e, vertical guide groove 2l formed in the oop 5 (Figs. 3, 5?

und e). lt will he seen that by this or 'onge' 4nient tie teeth ofthe dog are ellectively eup- .llO

ported against lateral movement due to "he tact that the shaft 9 uuides and supports the dog on one side et teeth, and the guide groove 2l 'guides and support the dog on the other side of such teeth. It will also be seen that. the dog cannot become disengaged from its pivot pin lfl until the cap and dog are removed from the shaft 9. l This arrangement permits the parts to be very easily assembled and disassembled.

rllhe handle 6 is pivoted'at upon the cap 5, and is provided at one end with Ythe loepshaped portion Q3, and at the other end with the carn portion 24. The handle is provi led with the loop end (Fig. 14) in ort provide a better vgrip for the hand of "l Operator, thus preventing accident or jury such as sometimes occurs with straight handle when the operators hand slips therefrom in applying the brake. indicated in Fig. 3, the cam portion Zal on the handle engages the dog 16 and holds it out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet Wheel vwhen the handle is in lowered or vertical position. ln moving from vertical to horizontal position the cam 24 permits of the seating of the dog in full operative position when the handle reaches the inclined position marked A in Fig. 3; so that in case an attempt is made to set the brake at any time after the handle has passed the inclined position marked A, there will be a full and proper engagement bet-Ween the teeth of the dog or pawl and the teeth of the ratchet Wheel, thus eliminating the danger incident to slippage which sometimes occurs When an attempt is made to set the bralre when the handle is not in full horizontal position. It will be seen that when the handle is in full horizontal position marked B (Fig. 3) there is a considerable amount of lost motion between the cam Q4 and the dog, and We regard the provision of this lost motion between the cani and the dog-permit-v ting of a considerable movement of the handle from horizontal to `Vertical position Without starting 'to disengage the dog and ratchety Wheel-as one of the valuable features of our invention. In order to limit the upward movement of the handle astop 24: is' preferably provided on lthe handle, such stop engaging the casing 5 and preventing further upward movement of the `handle when it reaches the horizontal position marked B.

Fig. 15 illustrates a slightly modified typev of handle, the loop 24 in this form of han dle being made incomplete. The advantage achieved, however, is substantially thesame.

Figs. 16 and 1.7 illustrate a modified construction involving the use of a brake sha-ft p l circular in cross section instead of square,

and the use of a holdingr ratchet wheel located above the cap 5 instead of below it is the case in the construction of Figs. l

and The ratchet u heel S, the dofr '16. a J* i and the handle G' the same in the otherftyi'xe of constitu tion.

Figs. 18 and illustrate 4still another arrangement, the holding ratchet Wheel 32 being inte.u al with the huh F2 with which the other ratchet 'Wheel 82 is also integral. ln this construction the cap. 52. is held in place by the member 25 secured by the rivet 2d. The dog 152v and the landle 62 are con structed and operated as in the other conn struct-ions heretofore described.`

In the construction of Fig. 20 the cap member 53 is held in. place by a handwheel QT secured by the rivet 28, such handwheel carrying as an additional means for rotattially the same as that of Figs. 3 and 4, with.

the exception that the shaft 1^* is circular in cross section, and except that a nut 29 is used to secure the cap 54 in position, instead of the rod or pin 12 as used in the construction of Fig. The ratchet Wheel 8*, the dog 164, and the handle are the same as in the construction of Figfii.

It will also be noted that in this type of construction the shaft i4 extends through the ratchet Wheel 8* and to the top of the cap, as opposed to the construction of Fig. 3 in which lthe brake shaft is in substantially tivo pieces, the upper portion 9 com stituting in effect a continuation of the lower portion 1,

1llfhaut We claim is:

1. ln combination, a. brake sha-ft, a ratchet Wheel non-rotatable with respect to the brake shaft below` its' upper end and having its upper face toothed, a. support carried rotatably upon the upper end of the brake shaft, a dog straddlingthe orake shaft pivotod to the support on one side of the brake shaft and engaging the teeth of the ratchet on the other side of the brake shaft, and a handle pivoted to the support and' adapted in its lower position to disengage the dogl from the ratchet Wheel and in its upper position. to permit the engagement of the dog with the ratchet Wheel.

2. In combination., hralte shaft, a ratchet Wheel non-rotatable with respect to the brake shaft below its upper end and having its upper face toothed, a support carried rotatably upon the upper end 'of the brake shaft, a dog pivoted to the support on -one side of the brake shaft and engaging the teeth of the ratchet on the other side'of the brake shaft, guide means carried by the cap and engaging the free end of the dog, and a handle pivoted to the support and adapted in its lower position to ,dis/engage the dog from the ratchet Wheel and in its upper positi on to permit the enga gement" of the dog; with the ratchet Wheel.

3. ln combination, a hralre shaft, a

iimmile pivoted to time support mtohonb Wheel non-yozofmblo with i'ospoot to 'bmko shafib below its miope? @mi and bowing its oppor face zooizhed, a` suppoii; oaf/,Tied i'oiwatnbly upon. tho uppol" and of izho bloke :f -;hz:f5:, :i dog thiougil which tho :shaft @ii/ends su} o11ecl for voi ni move nient with iioopoo 'abo loe supponing at ono @ide moans :for enga ging the teeth i; tho mtoiiei, guide moai'rs carried by the Summit :md engaging the portion of tho dog having; tho tooth :and :i

and miuptd in its owei: :oosiion 55o disonggarfo Mio dog o. the mizoiie wheel and in its. oppor poioii o poi-mit *die onggyageiiiom of." the dog with folio ratchet. wheel.

4;. In combination, ai blinko shaft, :L mii-.het wiieol rotiiiaabio with ha sha1-ifi; and i'ifwng its oppor surface iooiheci, zu cap ozsjiliod rotatably upon the upper ond of the im i., o pvot pin oai-fied by tho cap on one sido of' the shaft, o dog porfoifazod to porl mit tho thoiothrougl'i oi. the .shofh and honing; one ood hooked to i't over who said pivot pin, and having its other and adopted 'to oilgago the eeh of ghe ratchet engaging moms,

whooi? and o drop, hoodie pivotel to the aap sind piioifidod with iioaiis for operating the donf. Y

In combination, :i brake shaft, :i ratchet wheel. nou-rotatable.; "with iespoct to the brake shaft; mail having is 'upper foco toothed, zi support carried 17outabl-y'iipou `the 'oppor ond of the broke o dog; strmldiing the broke shaft pivotad to the support ou one side of the brake shaft; and having a toothed portion engaging the tooth of the mio-hot on *the other side of he branko smf, and :i handle pivotefi to ie support and provided with a. do@1 operating port which oiigziges tho said. toothed portion of the dog and mise@ it when tho handle is in. lowered posaiiio In tostimony 'whereof Wo have hereunto signed oui' names in tho presencia of the two subsoiibec Witnesses.

WM. J. KNX,

F., J. HARRSN `Wi mossos z HARRY 'lf2 SMITH, W. I. FINCH. 

